it's been fun

[wyliec]

Spyder Lovers has been a constant source of information. Most of it has been good. I did learn to be selective in whose advice I listened to.

This is so true.

 

[SpyderWolf]

Sorry to hear about the sale of your Spyder, but wish you the best with whatever road you decide to travel down. :thumbup:

 

[MoonChaser213]

you CAN"T go ....your map isn't full yet. :f_spider:

 

[Raptor]

As of yesterday, June 30th, I am no longer a Spyder owner. I drove it 45,319 miles and that is the total extent of my motorcycle riding experience.

During that time I crossed the country twice, visited places I had no reason to go to and saw more of this beautiful country than I ever thought I would. 98 % of my riding was on two lane roads. This is where America lives. 99.99 % of it was alone. This gave me a lot of time to think about things. Well at least I was alone until I stopped and then I never seemed to be left alone. i would guess there were less than ten times that I stopped that someone did NOT come over to comment on the bike.

During that time the Recluse Spyder never failed to start. It never broke down. It has never thrown a code. It ran kind of knarley at one point because a tube to the throttle body had come out when I replaced the plugs. I attribute this reliability to a well designed bike, good maintenance and few performance mods: Green air filter, titanium tipped plugs and a GPS hook up. The most bothersome problem I had was oil leaks that I believed were caused by an oil catch can mod that was not working properly. This resulted in an engine tear down that showed some of the weak points in the dealer's service ability.

The biggest design flaw was the DPS locking up intermittently. I was one of the first to experience this and suffered through this while BRP came up with a fix. While this had been working fine for some 10,000 miles I never trusted it ever again.

I would say that BRP did a really good job for a radical new design. I love radical new designs. This being their first over-the-road, constant use vehicle they made a few mistakes in customer service and dealer selection. I think they also drastically underestimated how many miles per year people would drive these things. They may have underestimated how many newbies they brought into the fold, like me, who had high expectations for a vehicle.

Spyder Lovers has been a constant source of information. Most of it has been good. I did learn to be selective in whose advice I listened to. Thank you to all of those who helped. Patience to those who are having problems and are frustrated. In a 100 years it won't matter in any case.

Good luck to all of you and enjoy your ride. I need to go find something else and I am not sure what it is.

Thank you for the post. It is unfortunate that a new mwmber of the community like myself will not be able to learn from your experience. But I feel what you are saying; when the call changes, it changes. You've spent all this time on land; perhaps your next chapter will find you on the sea. either way, I wish you a safe journey. I hope you find what you seek. Take good care...

 

[BMW]

Sorry to hear that. enjoy whatever you decide to do or ride or drive. sorry you can't make the trip to alaska with me. Good luck and God bless. nojoke

 

[Recluze]

Thank you for the post. It is unfortunate that a new mwmber of the community like myself will not be able to learn from your experience. But I feel what you are saying; when the call changes, it changes. You've spent all this time on land; perhaps your next chapter will find you on the sea. either way, I wish you a safe journey. I hope you find what you seek. Take good care...

Well there are a LOT better members to learn from then me. I am/was just a rider. There are some guys that know what they are talking about on here.

I have done the water thing. I owned and lived on my own 41 foot power cruiser and made many trips from Vancouver to Cabo moving other peoples boats around. Now I run a 20 foot SeaRay and drink beer. That works well for me.

I will find some other fun means of transportation and I will be off like a prom dress to see the rest of the continent.

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[Recluze]

Sorry to hear that. enjoy whatever you decide to do or ride or drive. sorry you can't make the trip to alaska with me. Good luck and God bless. nojoke

I hope I have not left you hanging. But my body said I had had enough of that means of transportation.

I still intend to go to Alaska but in a SUV. Just one of the many humiliations I have suffered in this life.

 

[AMTJIM]

Why limit yourself, experience it all if you have the means. It doesn't have to be just riding, it doesn't have to be only flying, it doesn't have to be cliff diving...do it all. But here's a few idea's for the road.
http://www.arielatom.com/
http://www.gg-technik.ch/de/quad/0495439a180a12304/0495439a180a4eb16/index.html

Well there are a LOT better members to learn from then me. I am/was just a rider. There are some guys that know what they are talking about on here.

I have done the water thing. I owned and lived on my own 41 foot power cruiser and made many trips from Vancouver to Cabo moving other peoples boats around. Now I run a 20 foot SeaRay and drink beer. That works well for me.

I will find some other fun means of transportation and I will be off like a prom dress to see the rest of the continent.

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[SpyderGirl]

Sorry to hear you are moving on. You've rode nearly twice as many miles as I have in the same amount of time. We just rolled over on 25K miles on a ride up to Mt Diablo summit today.

Hope to see you around locally still. If you see me out and about, stop and say "hello".

Take it easy. :doorag:

 

[Desert Spyder]

We'll miss you Bob! I've enjoyed our emails and forum posts and our meetings. Your great adventure posts back in '08 was an adventure to me and many others. You have a unique flair for writing and photography that work well together. If you write about your new adventures, be sure to advise us where. Maybe Lamont will let your stories be included here.

Spyder rYders forever, forever Spyder rYders!